“Being patient through the quiet”: Partnering in problem-based learning in a graduate seminar

Authors

  • Ashley J Holmes Georgia State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v4i1.3926

Keywords:

problem-based learning, SoTL, students as partners, public rhetoric, graduate pedagogy

Abstract

This paper draws connections between scholarship on problem-based learning (PBL) and Students as Partners to frame a case study from a graduate seminar in Public Rhetorics for Social Change. Students partnered with each other and the instructor to decide on a public project, approaching the partnership as a pedagogical problem to explore, discuss, and collaboratively define. Drawing on student and teacher reflections about the partnership, the study’s findings highlight important themes about partnering with students: partnering with students may result in uncertainty and discomfort, takes time, values different perspectives, and can make teachers and students vulnerable to each other. Responding to a phrase from one student’s reflection—“being patient through the quiet”—the study argues that patience and quiet are necessary for supporting a successful partnership with students but that caution is needed to prevent dominant narratives from silencing marginalized student perspectives.

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2020-04-09

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Holmes, A. J. (2020). “Being patient through the quiet”: Partnering in problem-based learning in a graduate seminar. International Journal for Students as Partners, 4(1), 34–47. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v4i1.3926

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